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James Chamberlain (PERSON22444)

Male, b. 1563-01-12-1565-01-10 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupations: ‘Launderer’, c. 11 January 1608; ‘Haberdasher’, c. 11 January 1608; ‘Housekeeper’, c. 11 January 1608

Anonymous (PERSON26510)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Fuller’, c. 11 January 1608

Francis Billey (PERSON28054)

Unknown, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Soothsayer’, c. 11 October 1617

Anonymous (PERSON37433)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Tailor’, c. 21 May 1610

Anonymous (PERSON42024)

Male, b. 1582-11-02-1584-10-31 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Smith’, c. 1 November 1633

Frances (PERSON21729)

Female, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupations: ‘Servant’, c. 25 January 1609; ‘Needlewoman’, c. 24 February 1609

Anonymous (PERSON63005)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupations: ‘Pedlar’, c. 18 August 1608; ‘Soldier’, c. 18 August 1608

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f3-identified-entity-was-never=Querent;f10-identified-entity-is-asking-about=Others;f15-event-mentioned=No;f16-occupation=Other%20trades%20and%20services;f17-residence-mentioned=No;f18-identified-entity-practice=Napier;f19-identified-entity-was-never=Only%20mentioned, accessed 18 March 2025.

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